Pete Wentz: 'I'm becoming my dad'

Fall Out Boy guitarist gives up his rock star lifestyle

Friday, 11 July 2008

Think Pete Wentz is living the glamorous life of a rock star? Think again, the Fall Out Boy musician and expectant dad tells Ryan Seacrest.

‘I'm becoming my dad, actually,’ he said during an interview on Seacrest's KIIS-FM radio show Thursday. ‘I get up at 7 a.m. to drive [to work] down Sunset with traffic that I complain about. And then I come home, and I have a pregnant wife and two puppies.’

Wentz, who is hosting the MTV show FNMTV Premieres, says that he spends his time ‘cleaning up puppy poop’ and helping fulfill wife Ashlee Simpson-Wentz's pregnancy cravings, which include ‘green olives on everything.’

But that's not to say that Wentz, 28, isn't loving every minute of his new life as a married man and expectant father. ‘It's really, really, really, really exciting.’

He added: ‘When I'm in the doctor's office, I freak out – it's this crazy thing, this thing you made.’

To explain the feelings to his bandmate Patrick Stump, Wentz says he told him, ‘It's like making a record, but knowing you're going to mix it for the next 18 years of your life.’

Wentz has a lot to anticipate – including learning the gender of his baby. When asked about it, Wentz said he's ‘hoping the doctor will be able to see something in the next couple of weeks.’

A rep for the musician has also denied reports that Wentz and his wife have registered for blue items at a popular L.A. baby boutique.